Styles of port: Rosé

This style was initiated by croft in 2008 and was initially classified by the IVDP as ‘light ruby’. Made from red grapes with minimal skin contact, it was subsequently introduced by many shippers, albeit with a huge variation in the style and colour of the wine, from pale salmon to light ruby. Not without controversy when it was launched, it is said by some to have a new, younger group of port drinkers.